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Apogee is excited to announce The Element Series. This all-new product family includes three premium Thunderbolt audio I/O boxes for Mac – Element 24, Element 46 and Element 88, each with a different number of analog and digital I/O. Element introduces a new control ecosystem that features an advanced blend of software and hardware options. The Element Series delivers Apogee Ensemble Thunderbolt recording quality in simple form factors that are available at unprecedented prices.

Apogee Electronics has been re-certified by the City of Santa Monica as a Green Business for operating in a responsible manor by reducing waste, maximizing energy efficiency and keeping the smallest carbon footprint as possible to protect our environment.

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Apogee Electronics is now offering amazing deals on select Waves plugins for customers who purchase Apogee Duet, Quartet or Ensemble. Since June of 2015, Duet, Quartet and Ensemble have included Waves Silver and Gold plugin bundles. Now, for a limited time customers who purchase or have already purchased any of these Apogee/Waves packages can also take advantage of special deals on popular standalone plugins.

“A good DAC can open up music, allowing subtleties to come through and offering a new listening experience for music stored on a computer or streamed through an app. But a high-quality DAC can be expensive, often costing $1,000 or more. The Groove DAC from Apogee offers many of the upsides for under $300…The company, which has three decades of experience developing technology for recording studios, has built the device to adjust the sound to any type of headphones.”

Apogee is proud to have three products nominated in two separate categories for the 31st Annual NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity awards. Apogee Ensemble, a 30×34 Thunderbolt 2 Audio Interface for Mac has been nominated in the category of Computer Audio Hardware. ClipMic digital and MKE 2 digital, the first lavalier microphones to digitally connect to iPhone, co-developed with Sennheiser, are included in the category of Hardware/Peripherals for Smartphones & Tablets.

“Apogee’s preamp reputation is second to none; this interface sounds sumptuous and there’s no doubt that it will turn the heads of guitar-led producers as much as those requiring more ‘regular’ microphone and line inputs via its neat and well thought- through re-amping capabilities.

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Apogee is pleased to announce the worldwide availability of Groove, a portable headphone amplifier and DAC for Mac and Windows computers that lets you hear your music like artists and audio professionals do in the studio.

Apogee is pleased to introduce MetaRecorder, a two-channel audio recording App for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch that will revolutionize mobile audio production for video. MetaRecorder is the first audio recording app for iPhone to offer intuitive multi-take recording, tagging and file organization for any field recording scenario. The perfect companion to Sennheiser’s digital clip-on microphones powered by Apogee, MetaRecorder features 24 bit/96kHz recording quality plus software control of input level and recording presets.

Apple’s two most recent campaigns are focused on multimedia creation on iPad and feature Apogee MiC as the preferred solution for effortlessly capturing quality audio. First airing during the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards, “Make Music with iPad” features recording artist Elephant and DJ The Gaslamp Killer as they use iPad, GarageBand and MiC to produce a song from scratch. “Make A Film with iPad” was launched as a followup during the Academy Awards and follows Los Angeles area students as they use iPad, along with MiC and other Apps to create a short movie on iOS.

Belmont University in Nashville, Tennesse recently restored the historic Columbia Studio A. The studio will now serve as a learning ground for Belmont students and the University chose a Symphony I/O with Symphony 64 PCIe for their front end. We caught up with Michael Janas, Belmont’s Director of Recording Studio Operations to learn about the studio restoration and how they use Symphony IO in a learning environment.

Apogee Electronics’ MiC 96k has won the top award for Outstanding Technical Achievement in the category of Hardware Peripherals for Smartphones & Tablets at the 30th Annual NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards. The awards were held Saturday, January 24 during the NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA.

Apogee Electronics, industry leader in digital audio conversion technology, and Sennheiser, manufacturer of RF wireless systems, professional microphones and headphones, are pleased to announce their newly formed partnership at the 2015 Winter NAMM show.

Apogee Electronics, industry leader in digital audio recording technology since 1985, is pleased to introduce Apogee Groove™ – a new portable USB DAC and headphone amp for listening to music on your Mac or PC.